Nostrum 100

Link.

Nostrum 99

Link.

Nostrum 98

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Nostrum 97

Link.

Moral psychology

Very Sept-Oct-ish. Link.

Nostrum 96

Link.

Pinker on cuss words

Link.

History of the secret ballot, and US voting

Link

Capitalism is still good

Link.

WSJ article on the decline of debate

Cross-posted from NDCA listserver.

Link.

Boys and girls learn differently

Link.

Nostrum 95

Link.

Nostrum 94

Link.

Nostrum 93

Link.

Relationship of art and beauty

Tolstoy: "Art, in our society, has been so perverted that not only has bad art come to be considered good, but even the very perception of what art really is has been lost." Link.

Raising a postmodern child

Link.

Excellent article explaining experimental philosophy

Link.

Nostrum 92

Link.

Nostrum 91

Link. 

Damien Hirst art sale

Link. What interests me, that is unspoken here, is the loss of the gallery/critic in the Baudrillardian Conspiracy of Art.

Betty Friedan & feminism

Link.

Modern ethics

Link.

Democracy on the wane internationally

Link.

Nostrum 90

Link.

Nostrum 89

Link

Nostrum 88

Link.

Nostrum 87

Link.

The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons

Link.

Summary/critique of Rawls. Highly recommended.

Link.

Nostrum 86

Link.

Nostrum 85

Link.

Nostrum 84

Link.

Nostrum 83

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Nostrum 82

Link.

The quantification of art

The top 10 list. Link.

Literary Darwinism

The latest anti-theory approach to literature. Interesting. Link.

US as meritocracy

Link.

Nostrum 81

Link.

No more Hegel, Freud or Marx in colleges?

Link

Nostrum 80

Link.

Nostrum 79

Link.

Sad front page of today's Times

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Global warming as bad science?

Link

Architecture: A building that moves. In Dubai, of course.

GTA is not evil

Link.

Global warming city of the future

Link.

Nostrum 78

Link.

Pinker interview

Link.

Nostrum 77

The episode is live. Link.

I figured I'd announce them here, given that my universe is small, and I expect everyone to be everywhere within it.

Why I love Gore Vidal

It's not debate, but it's fun. Link.

Good article on Theory in America

Link.

Does the internet change how we think?

Cognition article in the Atlantic. Link. This ties into some of my thoughts on having this feed in the first place.

Think piece on race

Link.

Great article on urban planning and modernism (not favorable to the latter)

Link.

Excellent critique of art criticism

Link.

Vatican celebrates Darwin—seriously

Link.

Cultural hegemony

Who owns the artifacts? Link.

A return to old-fashioned art?

Link.

Coachean Feed on hiatus

We'll be back the end of May.

The Future of Reading

Link.

The Most Objectionable Library Book

Link.

Libertarian paternalism

Nudge, the book. Link.

Who should die in a pandemic

Triage made easy. Link.

Really good No Child Left Behind article

Link.

Principal outs gay students

While a PDA sort of trumps an outing, this is a scary story. Link.

Newspapers are dying.

Link.

Behavioral genetics

Interesting book review. Link.

Nozick v Rawls

Well, actually, mostly Nozick. Link.

The latest thinking on quantum

Congratulations. Your dead cat is alive. Link.

Conservatism in schools

It should be taught and studied. Link.

On modernism

Book review. Link.

The concept of "life"

It's not as simple as you think. Link.

Learning about science

In science museums. Link.

RIghts for the overweight

There's legislation afoot. Link.

Cultural jihad

Interesting piece on sharia and the West. Link.

Art education

Thinking about the recent Yale brouuhaha. Link.

Thoughts on the selfish gene

A Dawkins update. Link.

African-American inequality -- Deep background

Good but long and complex article. Link.

NJ court rules for internet privacy

Link via Slashdot.

More on veils

Following the Etzione article, but standing alone. Link.

Bush manages to get women into the military in Iraq

Women in combat. Link.

On memory

How the mind works. Link.

Non-polarity

Distribution of power in the modern world. Link.

Music in England

Possibly useful for CatNats. Link.

Feminism book review

Some interesting post-feminist assertions. Link.

Disney bridal apparel. Oy

Unfortunately there do not seem to be any gay marriage options here. Link.

The Right to Shoot Those Arms

Michael Walzer on the Second Amendment. Link

The death of the semicolon in France

Seriously. Link

Message from the NFL on scholarships

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and have created scholarships for NFL students…exclusively! That's
right...students can become eligible for thousands of dollars in
scholarships through NFL membership.

However, in order for your students to become fully eligible for NFL
College and University scholarships, they must fill out a Colleges and
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the National Office and will be distributing them to you through the
mail this upcoming week.

The success of the program, is dependant on you! Please make sure that
EVERY NFL member student on your team fills out the forms when they
arrive. I will enclosed a postage paid envelope for your convenience so
it will be no cost to you or your team. I will send as many as you
need for each student to participate.

Please email me back and let me know how many to send you so I may
get the forms to you in a timely manner. Please let me stress what a
great opportunity this is for your students and your school. Please help
the NFL connect our amazing students with college scholarships!

Thank you for your attention regarding this very important initiative.

For more detailed information on this program please go to the NFL
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If you have questions please contact me directly. Otherwise I look
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On the good side of Disney princesses

Some people actually like DPs. Link